Ask the Author: Glynn Stewart
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Glynn Stewart
There's nothing about the information Jason has from the High Court on the Shamans that is really news to the Shifters.
They are aware that training is the main barrier to having more shamans, but they also don't really have a good way to pick up potential shamans.
Unlike the Fae, Shifters aren't really organized above the city level, so they don't have any structure to put together a global effort.
They are aware that training is the main barrier to having more shamans, but they also don't really have a good way to pick up potential shamans.
Unlike the Fae, Shifters aren't really organized above the city level, so they don't have any structure to put together a global effort.
Glynn Stewart
Nothing is currently planned. There are a few other stories I'd considered in the setting, but urban fantasy doesn't sell as well as my main-line space opera.
Since none of those stories are beating down my head with a pickaxe, they're on the back burner for now.
Since none of those stories are beating down my head with a pickaxe, they're on the back burner for now.
Glynn Stewart
In Starship's Mage specifically, I would say that few characters are parents because the series has primarily focused on people in careers (long-term merchant service, military service, high-tier politics, etc) that don't lend themselves well to settling down and having a family.
In general, few of my characters are likely to be parents because I don't have children of my own so I don't feel I can really explain the mindset as well.
In general, few of my characters are likely to be parents because I don't have children of my own so I don't feel I can really explain the mindset as well.
Glynn Stewart
If I end up writing more urban fantasy, there's a decent likelihood I would return to that world. I have a chunk of a novel around why there's no lower-tier magic users than the wizards, but it's shelved for now.
Currently, urban fantasy has been dropped into my 'experimentation' slot for production and I have a large folder of blue sky ideas to work through before I get back to urban fantasy (everything from superheroes to cyberpunk to fantasy westerns)
Currently, urban fantasy has been dropped into my 'experimentation' slot for production and I have a large folder of blue sky ideas to work through before I get back to urban fantasy (everything from superheroes to cyberpunk to fantasy westerns)
Glynn Stewart
I'm working on the first part of book 4 right now, so I'd say yes ;)
Glynn Stewart
We keep a schedule of the next few books on the front page of the website:
https://www.glynnstewart.com/
Darkness Beyond, book one of the sequel trilogy to Duchy of Terra is targeted for October 2018.
https://www.glynnstewart.com/
Darkness Beyond, book one of the sequel trilogy to Duchy of Terra is targeted for October 2018.
Glynn Stewart
I have pretty limited control here on goodreads (not least because I almost never log in). I think I've got the cover live, but usually those auto-feed from Amazon or Ingram so I don't know what happened here!
Glynn Stewart
I'm relatively sure the tonnage of DSC-001 is in the book somewhere, though I mostly focus on cubage for the ships throughout the series (it's more relevant for how the Alcubierre-Stetson drive is established to work)
According to my notes, DSC-001 Avalon comes in at about 12,000,000 tons. (Her neutronium armor, obviously, represents a relatively thin but very heavy portion of her mass).
DSC-078 is significantly larger, at roughly 80.5 million cubic meters, but is also notably less dense due to the lack of neutronium armor. She massed 24,000,000 tons (density of approx. 0.3. I seem to have lost this figure for DSC-001 but I think it was around .6 or so. Explicitly, almost all CF-verse starships float.)
According to my notes, DSC-001 Avalon comes in at about 12,000,000 tons. (Her neutronium armor, obviously, represents a relatively thin but very heavy portion of her mass).
DSC-078 is significantly larger, at roughly 80.5 million cubic meters, but is also notably less dense due to the lack of neutronium armor. She massed 24,000,000 tons (density of approx. 0.3. I seem to have lost this figure for DSC-001 but I think it was around .6 or so. Explicitly, almost all CF-verse starships float.)
Glynn Stewart
Yes. As of right now (April 11, 2018) My Enemy's Enemy is in post-production and the later books are still in production.
I'm not sure on a release date yet, unfortunately, as we've had some unexpected delays throughout the process.
I'm not sure on a release date yet, unfortunately, as we've had some unexpected delays throughout the process.
Glynn Stewart
Damien will be one of the main POV characters in the UnArcana Rebellions series, targeted to launch in December 2018.
Glynn Stewart
No. For various reasons, I have no intent of writing prequels to Starship's Mage.
Glynn Stewart
The first book of the Red Falcon spin-off series has been available for a while (The second book is coming out next month).
The first book of the sequel series should be out in December.
The first book of the sequel series should be out in December.
Glynn Stewart
As of the end of Operation Medusa, James Tecumseh has a job on the back-end of nowhere, far from both combat fronts.
I apparently foreshadowed the potential sequel series quite nicely ;) For now, at least, that remains only potential.
I apparently foreshadowed the potential sequel series quite nicely ;) For now, at least, that remains only potential.
Glynn Stewart
Changeling Blood is planned to be a trilogy, with book 2 targeted for release in June of 2018.
Glynn Stewart
All things are possible "in the distant future".
Currently there are no plans for any more Castle Federation-verse books, but things can change.
Currently there are no plans for any more Castle Federation-verse books, but things can change.
Glynn Stewart
Thanks for the kind words.
No particular reason why they're all insects other than that those are the species ideas that hit my brain when they were needed :D
No particular reason why they're all insects other than that those are the species ideas that hit my brain when they were needed :D
Glynn Stewart
I have always had the opinion that a reader's perspective on a book is never wrong for them.
That said, this question was so opposed to the usual complaints I get that I had to stop and talk it over with my partner to try and see where you were coming from.
There are a number of women in Starship's Mage of great political or economic power (from the first book alone, Hand Alaura Stealey and Keiko Alabaster, for example) as well as starship captains (of the (I believe) two named Royal Martian Navy captains in the first Starship's Mage, for example, one is male and one is female).
The intent, certainly, is to present a society of full gender equality. We realized in our discussion that part of the problem may be that many of the female political figures, especially, end up being background characters while male figures, such as the Corinthian Guildmster, end up being key to the story.
Your question tells me that I need to do a better job than I have been doing on this point, so thank you for drawing your experience to my attention!
That said, this question was so opposed to the usual complaints I get that I had to stop and talk it over with my partner to try and see where you were coming from.
There are a number of women in Starship's Mage of great political or economic power (from the first book alone, Hand Alaura Stealey and Keiko Alabaster, for example) as well as starship captains (of the (I believe) two named Royal Martian Navy captains in the first Starship's Mage, for example, one is male and one is female).
The intent, certainly, is to present a society of full gender equality. We realized in our discussion that part of the problem may be that many of the female political figures, especially, end up being background characters while male figures, such as the Corinthian Guildmster, end up being key to the story.
Your question tells me that I need to do a better job than I have been doing on this point, so thank you for drawing your experience to my attention!
Glynn Stewart
Hi Chris,
The Castle Federation series will have its sixth and final book in December of this year.
The first book of the next trilogy around the Duchy of Terra will probably be out around December of next year.
-GS
The Castle Federation series will have its sixth and final book in December of this year.
The first book of the next trilogy around the Duchy of Terra will probably be out around December of next year.
-GS
Glynn Stewart
I'm glad you enjoyed the books!
I don't currently have any time in my schedule for novellas or side stories at all! I find I am less efficient writing at shorter lengths as well, so I prefer to stick to the 80-120 thousand word novel as a form.
I don't currently have any time in my schedule for novellas or side stories at all! I find I am less efficient writing at shorter lengths as well, so I prefer to stick to the 80-120 thousand word novel as a form.
Glynn Stewart
This is probably the single most frequently asked question I get.
Unfortunately, City in the Sky never sold particularly well. Most of my projects sell more in their first month than City in the Sky has sold over three years.
While it's not impossible, it is quite unlikely that I will return to that series or universe at this point.
Unfortunately, City in the Sky never sold particularly well. Most of my projects sell more in their first month than City in the Sky has sold over three years.
While it's not impossible, it is quite unlikely that I will return to that series or universe at this point.
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